Method and system for personal medical data database merging
First Claim
1. A device for providing access to medical information, comprising:
- a source database having a plurality of medical records maintained in a source format, said source format including patient data;
a destination database configured for the receipt of medical records in a destination format; and
a data migration utility adapted to add the medical records from the source database to the destination database by converting the medical records from the source format to the destination format so that at least a portion of the patient data is incorporated into said destination database.
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Abstract
A method and system for merging databases containing medical, patient and/or healthcare, information is provided, which may be utilized to merge a source database containing medical information into a new or existing destination database. The method may include the steps of identifying a source database containing medical information, identifying a destination database for the receipt of the medical information from the source database, selecting rules for governing the migration of medical information into the destination database, and migrating the medical information from the source database to the destination database. In one exemplary embodiment, the medical information is a plurality of individual patient'"'"'s medical records. In another exemplary embodiment, the medical information is a plurality of healthcare provider records.
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23 Claims
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1. A device for providing access to medical information, comprising:
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a source database having a plurality of medical records maintained in a source format, said source format including patient data; a destination database configured for the receipt of medical records in a destination format; and a data migration utility adapted to add the medical records from the source database to the destination database by converting the medical records from the source format to the destination format so that at least a portion of the patient data is incorporated into said destination database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. In a device, a method of merging databases, the method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining patient data from a medical device and configuring the patient data in a source database having a source format; selecting a destination database associated with medical management software that is adapted to manipulate medical information stored in a destination format; migrating the medical information in the source database into the destination database by converting the medical information from the source format to the destination format so that at least a portion of the patient data from the medical device is incorporated into said destination database. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A machine-readable data migration utility on media storing instructions for a method of merging databases, the method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining patient data from a medical device and configuring the patient data in a source database having a source format; selecting a destination database associated with medical management software that is adapted to manipulate medical information stored in a destination format; migrating the medical information in the source database into the destination database by converting the medical information from the source format to the destination format so that at least a portion of the patient data from the medical device is incorporated into said destination database. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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